Kruso v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.

872 F.2d 1416 13 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1455 Lynda KRUSO, Gloria Yokubaitis, Kathy E. Acquistapace, Christine M. Forakis, et al., Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CORP., ITT Commercial Finance Corp., ITT Industrial Credit Co., a corporation, ITT Business Communications, et al., Defendants- Counterplaintiffs- Appellees. No. 86-6670. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 9, 1989 * . Decided April 19, 1989. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing June 26, 1989. Decided April 19, 1989. Bruce A. Friedman, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-counterdefendants-appellants. Robert F. Scoular, Martin J. Foley, and Hillary Arrow Booth, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-counterplaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER, PREGERSON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: I. BACKGROUND 1 On March 11, 1986 plaintiff-appellants (hereinafter "plaintiffs") filed a complaint in state court alleging that defendant-appellees (hereinafter "defendants"), including ITT Corp., ITT Commercial Finance Corp., and…